Modern quilting and such from the Pioneer Valley

High falutin’ supplies

I wear gloves not just for free motion quilting, but, for some straight line quilting too, if I’m going to be turning it alot.

But mine aren’t from the quilt shop. I get these gardening gloves from a discount store for a few dollars. They’ve got this strange, grip-y texture designed for weeding, but that works great for quilting too.

And, they come in pretty colors. I just bought these new ones — one pair to use, one pair for spare — since the stickiness on the fingers of my last pair finally wore out.

So, anyone else have unusual crafting supplies?

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My “quilting gloves” are “Ansell HyFlex” multi-purpose gloves from the cleaning aisle of the supermarket. They have rubber grippy stuff on the palm and inner fingers but a breathable woven fabric on the outer hand and elasticised wrists.

I use a seam-ripper/quick-unpick for removing my basting threads as I’m quilting. Very useful, specially as I don’t have to keep removing my gloves.